THE EFFECTS OF CONFLICTED INVESTMENT ADVICE ON RETIREMENT SAVINGS February 2015 Contents Executive Summary. 2 I. The U.S. Retirement System. 4 II. The Economic Cost of Conflicted Investment...
The Department of Labor (Department) is adopting a final rule defining when a person renders "investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect" with respect to any moneys or ot...
Close loopholes so that recommendations to purchase any investment product must be in the savers’ best interest. Under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Regulation Best Interest, advice to purchase securities like mutual funds must currently be in the saver’s best interest. However, the SEC’s authority and rule does not generally cover commodities or insurance products like fixed index annuities, which are often recommended to retirement savers. Instead, advice to purchase these insurance products is governed by state law, ...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a group of Republican senators are moving to overturn a retirement investment planning rule that was finalized by the Labor Department last month. The Labor Departmen...
A new survey commissioned by CFP Board reveals that nearly 97% of Americans agree that the financial professional who provides one-time recommendations or other one-time advice about retirement inv...
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The Biden Administration on Tuesday will propose a rule requiring any financial adviser, broker or insurance agent who sells retirement investments and advice to only do so in the best interest of...
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20947) investment advice to retail retirement investors. [2] In order to protect the interests of the plan participants and beneficiaries, IRA owners, and plan fiduciaries, the exemption...